Using a Portable VirtualBox to run Linux from USB

Portable VirtualBox was an unofficial Portable Wrapper for VirtualBox, created by Micha. An improved version is currently being offered by Tibo, the author of the LiLi USB Creator. VirtualBox is officially a product of Oracle. It is an emulator or virtual machine that can be used to run various Operating Systems via Disk Images, ISO's and CD/DVD's as a guest OS from within another Host Operating Environment. By using Micha/Tibo's portable wrapper, VirtualBox can be stored and run entirely from a USB device.

Installing and running VirtualBox Portably from USB

Navigate to the VirtualBox folder on your USB device and click VirtualBox.exe

Select the existing LiveLinux Entry, and click Start

If a Linux Distro exists on your USB Flash Drive, it should run from Virtualbox, via the available LiveLinux entry. Otherwise you can use our "Universal USB Installer" or Tibo's "LiLi USB Creator" to put a Linux Distro on USB, and then re-attempt to run it using Virtualbox.